SportLogia
Vol. 6, Issue 2, December 2010.
CAN WE MAKE THE ALPINE SKI LEARNING MORE EFFICIENT BY OMITTING THE SNOW-PLOUGH TECHNIQUE?
Cigrovski Vjekoslav1, Matković Bojan1& Matković Branka1
1 Faculty of Kinesiology, Zagreb, Croatia
ORGINALNI NAUČNI ČLANAK
doi: 10.5550/sgia.1002051
COBISS.BH-ID 1847064
UDK: 796.926.371.3
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The aim of our research was to define the most efficient 7-day alpine-ski learning program for the ski-beginners. The research included 126 alpine ski naïve students, randomized into two equally-sized groups, at the study start not differing according to morphological characteristics or motor abilities. Participants of one group were taught alpine skiing by parallel-carving technique exclusively, while the other group learned alpine skiing through traditional parallel and snow-plough techniques. Acquired ski knowledge was tested through demonstration of five ski technique elements, by five independent judges. Participants of the two groups differed significantly in the grades obtained for the elements short turn (2.85 vs. 2.44; p=.01) and parallel turn (3.20 vs. 2.85; p=0.01), where higher grades were achieved by the participants combining parallel and snow-plough techniques. To conclude, according to our observations, in the process of teaching alpine ski beginners how to ski it is more efficient to initially use both parallel and snow-plough alpine ski techniques.
Key words: alpine skiing, learning programs, teaching methods, ski-beginner.
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